Insight Guides Pocket Milan (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

Description

Perfect day itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package.

Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering fun and interesting things to do and see in Milan, from top tourist attractions like La Scala, the Duomo, the Brera, and world-famous art like The last Supper, to hidden gems including the Navigli.

Compact, concise and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What to Do, this is an ideal on-the-move pocket travel guide when you're exploring Milan.

- Cultural: delve into the city's rich heritage and get to know its modern-day life and people
- Inspirational: discover where to go and what to do, highlighted with stunning photography
- Practical: get around with ease with a free pull-out map featuring key attractions
- Informative: plan your visit with an A to Z of advice on everything from transport to tipping
- Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience
- Covers: the historic centre, the fashion district, restaurants and excursions

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Travel
• Italy
• My Last Duchess
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 septembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781839051609
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Milan, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Milan, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Milan are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Milan. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
© 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd





Table of Contents
Milan’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Day in Milan
Introduction
Work hard, play hard
La bella figura
Cultural confidence
Location and quality of life
A Brief History
Ancient Mediolanum
Huns, Goths and Lombards
The commune of Milan
Lords of Milan: the Visconti and Sforza
Ludovico il Moro
Foreign intervention
From unification to today
Historical Landmarks
Where To Go
Getting around
The Duomo and Historic Centre
Duomo
Inside the cathedral
Piazza del Duomo
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Teatro alla Scala
Piazza Mercanti
Ambrosiana Gallery and Library
Santa Maria Presso San Satiro
Castello Sforzesco and the Northwest
Castello Sforzesco
Castle museums
Parco Sempione
Cimitero Monumentale
The Brera
Pinacoteca di Brera
Churches and cafés of the Brera
Fashion District – Northeast of the Duomo
Quadrilatero d’Oro
Museo Bagatti Valsecchi
Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Giardini Pubblici
West of the Centre
The Last Supper
Santa Maria delle Grazie
Science Museum
Museo Archeologico and San Maurizio
Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio
The South: the Canal Quarter and the Ticinese
The Navigli
The Navigli today
The Ticinese district
Excursions from Milan
Chiaravalle Abbey
Pavia
Certosa di Pavia
Monza
What To Do
Shopping
Where to shop
Factory outlets
Interior design
Department stores
Books and multimedia
Gastronomy
Markets and antiques
Entertainment
Opera
Concerts
Nightlife
Sport
Children’s Milan
Calendar of Events
Eating Out
Where To Eat
What To Eat
Antipasti
Primi
Secondi
Dolci
Wines and liqueurs
Reading the Menu
To Help You Order…
…and Read the Menu
Restaurants
Historic Centre
Castello Sforzesco and Northwest
The Brera
Northeast, East and Stazione Centrale
South: Navigli, Ticinese, Zona Tortona
Milanese Cafés and Ice Cream
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation (see also Hotels)
Airports
B
Bicycle Hire
Budgeting for Your Trip
C
Car Hire (See also Driving)
Climate
Crime and Safety
D
Disabled Travellers
Driving
E
Electricity
Embassies and Consulates
Emergencies
G
Getting There
Guides and Tours
H
Health and Medical Care
L
Language
LGBTQ Travellers
M
Media
Money
O
Opening Times
P
Police
Post Office
Public Holidays
R
Religion
S
Smoking
T
Telephones
Time Zones
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist Information
Transport
V
Visas and Entry Requirements
W
Websites and Internet Access
Recommended Hotels
Historic Centre
Castello Sforzesco
Northwest and Brera
Northeast, East and Stazione Centrale
West of Centre
South, Navigli and Ticinese


Milan’s Top 10 Attractions




Top Attraction #1
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Castello Sforzesco
The impressive fortress is home to several museums. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #2
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La Galleria Vittorio Emanuele
Chic boutiques and cafés with elegant Belle Epoque facades. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #3
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Basilica di Sant’Ambrogi
Milan’s loveliest church. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #4
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Pinacoteca di Brera
Home to one of the finest collections of Italian art, including The Kiss. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #5
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Quadrilatero d’Oro
All the big names in fashion have shops here. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #6
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The Duomo
Walk among the spires and statues on the rooftop of the third-largest cathedral in Europe. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #7
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The Brera
Bohemian yet quietly chic, this area of ‘old Milan’ conceals charming bars and cobblestoned corners. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #8
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The Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece is the jewel in the crown of Milan’s many attractions. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #9
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The Navigli
Restaurants and cafés line the banks in the quaint Canal Quarter, a nightlife centre. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #10
Fotolia

La Scala
Milan’s world-famous opera house has been carefully restored to its full opulence. For more information, click here .


A Perfect Day in Milan



9.00am

Designer coffee
Café Trussardi, set in the Trussardi designer store overlooking La Scala, offers a coffee-and-brioche fix.


10.00am

Chic shopping
Stroll along Via Manzoni to the Quadrilatero, the ‘Golden Quadrangle’ designer district. Call in (or window shop) at the Armani superstore (Via Manzoni 31) before exploring the boutiques on Via della Spiga and Via Montenapoleone. If flagging, stop for coffee and cakes at the old-fashioned Caffè Cova (Via Montenapoleone 8).


12 noon

Culture fix
Seek out the designer district’s intriguing ‘historic homes’ museums, beginning with the Museo Poldi Pezzoli. This art-encrusted palace is a testament to the passion of a 19th-century aristocrat. The neighbouring Museo Bagatti Valsecchi is a tribute to the Renaissance.


2.00pm

Lunch
Indulge in a leisurely lunch of creamy risotto milanese in Bice (Via Borgospesso 12; book) or choose lunch on the run from the contemporary Van Bol & Feste (Largo Cairoli).


4.00pm

Park life
Largo Cairoli leads to the Castello Sforzesco, surrounded by Milan’s most culture-studded park. See Michelangelo’s unfinished masterpiece, the Rondanini Pietà , in